Catching Performances at the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival

This February and March, students and Junior Fellows attended three events at the 52^nd Hong Kong Arts Festival. On February 27, they went to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre’s Studio Hall to watch Palestinian artists Samaa Wakim and Sammar Haddad King perform ‘Losing It’, a dance performance reflecting the fears, trauma, and hopes of living amidst incessant conflict.

On March 12, a different group went to Hong Kong City Hall’s theatre to watch ‘Miss Julie’, Amy Ng’s adaptation of August Strindberg’s Swedish play about class and power to a colonial Hong Kong setting. This production was directed by Tony Wong. On March 14, Morningsiders returned to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre to watch the (pan-Nordic) Baltic Sea Philharmonic’s ‘Bright and Black’ performance, conducted by Kristjan Jarvi and featuring celloist and Apocalypta founder Eicca Topinnen. This show was a unique combination of a symphony orchestra’s talents with the Nordic heavy metal character brought by Topinnen.